You can use from the below examples actually it may vary for the angular version,but i think '' will work for all major versions.
vm.sampledata= $filter('filter')(vm.data.list, { dueBy: '' }, true);
vm.sampledata= $filter('filter')(vm.data.list, { dueBy: !null }, true);
vm.sampledata= $filter('filter')(vm.data.list, { dueBy: !! }, true);